Starling Then & Now

the earth shudders
the starving cloud startles
screams over me
they the oak
shake the mast from every tree
dust from my only eye
devour the sun in their violence
then the earth
any hope remaining
for the survival
of
far
away
stars

jppestana
Devoured
12.24.2019

Before the Before

if you wish for me
I will call to you
carry my voice in my tired hands
from across the thoughtless setting sun

these bits of me you knew
flakes of a breathless rust
from the metal
of my being
have no bearing here
no place for these far away sorrows
the far cries of those wanting
waiting to be heard
before the
before

jppestana
Before
11.23.2019